Rosetta Stone success stories?

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Conveniently, a friend of mine had this as a FB status early today: “I’ve been using Livemocha for over a year and really enjoy it. It is the best free online program available for language learning. Don’t buy Rosetta Stone! This is better and most of the material is free!”

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